Crime rates in israel

Lahav 433 questions senior government company official on suspicion of fraud, breach of trust

Police searched the suspect's home and office on Thursday, seizing documents and digital media before releasing him under restrictive conditions.

General view of the Lahav 433 police unit headquarters in the city of Lod on August 2, 2026.
Yanis Yushayev

Killing of mafia head Yushayev leaves Hadera vulnerable to further organized criminal violence

A nurse walks through the corridors of the sterile ward at the Timone pediatric hospital in Marseille on January 23, 2026. (Illustrative)

Hadera man arrested for allegedly assaulting nurse at Hillel Yaffe Medical Center

Israel Police and IDF readiness drills continue as part of Operations Advancing the Wall and Southern Wind to prepare in case of future Octover 7-style attacks, September 7, 2026.

Israel Police delays 2025 statistical report nine months after year’s end


Man in northern Israel killed by gunshots fired from passing vehicle

The man was evacuated to hospital from the location in which he was shot, on Route 804, where he was found unconscious. He was in critical condition.

LOWER GALILEE view from Tzipori.

30-year-old known criminal shot in Tel Aviv in suspected assassination

Izzat Hamed was the head of a criminal organization in Jaffa and was reportedly known to the police as someone involved in extortion and bribery-related crimes.

The scene in Jaffa where Izzat Hamed was killed on Saturday evening, July 18, 2021

Public Security Minister meets Arab leadership to discuss fighting violent crime

Since the beginning of 2021, at least 48 Arabs in Israel have been killed in violent incidents, according to the Abraham Initiatives.

A protest against the rising crime and violence in the Arab sector in Israel, Jaffa, Saturday, February 6, 2021.

Abraham Initiatives: 'More than half of Arabs murdered are young people'

According to new data by the organization, some 26 young Arabs up to the age of 30 lost their lives this year in circumstances related to violence and crime.

A protest against the rising crime and violence in the Arab sector in Israel, Jaffa, Saturday, February 6, 2021.

Netanyahu meets with Arab-Israeli authorities to discuss lowering crime

"I want special forces, task forces," Netanyahu suggested, after indicating that the crime wave would likely spread to Jewish localities soon.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu visits a Clalit healthcare center in the Arab town Tira.

Arab-on-Arab crime 'a plague' Israeli-Arab leaders tell president

Israeli-Arab leaders met with President Reuven Rivlin during Ramadan to discuss crime and violence within their own communities.

President Reuven Rivlin stands with family members of organ donors at an ADI - National Organ Transplant Center ceremony, May, 2015

Despite overall drop, violent and cyber crime on the rise in Israel

In 2018 murder was also down, 103 people were murdered compared to 135 in 2017.

Police at the scene of a crime in Rameh in northern Israel

Brother allegedly murders his two sisters in their family home in Jaffa

Incident comes hours after mother and daughter found dead in suspected murder-suicide

Police at the scene of a crime in Rameh in northern Israel

Tough task for police station in violent Arab town

“I want the police to provide security so that we can move around in peace and sleep soundly."

Jisr e-Zarka

WATCH: Border Police arrest sheep thieves in northern Israel

'Baaaaaaad' behavior and 'shear' audacity fueled the crime.

The most distinguishing characteristic of these sheep are their horns